This is a list of countries by primary aluminium production.[1][2] Primary aluminium is produced from aluminium oxide which is obtained from bauxite and excludes recycled aluminium. Only countries with a minimum production of 100,000 tonnes are listed.
| Country | Production in thousand tonnes |
Year |
|---|---|---|
| World | 64,000 | 2019 |
 China |
36,000 | 2019 |
 India |
3,700 | 2019 |
 Russia |
3,600 | 2019 |
 Canada |
2,900 | 2019 |
 United Arab Emirates |
2,700 | 2019 |
 Australia |
1,580 | 2018 |
 Bahrain |
1,400 | 2019 |
 Norway |
1,300 | 2019 |
 United States |
1,100 | 2019 |
 Saudi Arabia |
932 | 2018 |
 Iceland |
866[3] | 2023 |
 Malaysia |
760 | 2018 |
 South Africa |
714 | 2018 |
 Brazil |
659 | 2018 |
 Qatar |
616 | 2018 |
 Mozambique |
571 | 2018 |
 Germany |
529 | 2018 |
 Argentina |
438 | 2018 |
 France |
380 | 2018 |
 Oman |
380 | 2018 |
 Iran |
370 | 2018 |
 Spain |
350 | 2018 |
 New Zealand |
340 | 2018 |
 Egypt |
317 | 2018 |
 Romania |
283 | 2018 |
 Kazakhstan |
258 | 2018 |
 Indonesia |
242 | 2018 |
 Slovakia |
212 | 2019 |
 Greece |
184 | 2019 |
 Sweden |
126 | 2019 |
 Venezuela |
108 | 2019 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Brown, T. J.; Idoine, N. E.; Raycraft, E. R.; et al. (2020). World Mineral Production: 2014–2018 (PDF). British Geological Survey. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-85272-788-1.
- ^ "USGS Minerals Information: Mineral Commodity Summaries" (PDF). minerals.usgs.gov. doi:10.3133/70194932. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ^ Samál. "Samtök álframleiðenda". Samtök álframleiðenda (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-11-21.